MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: 2023 Festival Guide
Find out which titles will take the stage at this year's MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The festival lineup will be updated through October.
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- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsKareena KapoorKeith AllenChris WilsonA grieving cop who loses her child to murder and moves to another town where she's tasked with investigating the disappearance of a missing child. Exploring themes of trauma, grief, the immigrant experience, and our need for closure.Category: Opening Film
- DirectorSarvnik KaurStarsRakesh KoliGanesh NakhawaBombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the Koli knowledge system of harvesting the sea following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods; Ganesh has instead embraced technology.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorKanu BehlStarsMohit AgarwalPriyanka BoseVibha ChhibberA family and an exploration of space in an increasingly crowded world. It follows the quest for a sexual odyssey of an individual.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorDiwa ShahStarsNaresh BishtRupesh LamaRahul Nawach MukhiaHaving a singular and opportune sociopolitical vision, 'Bahadur- The Brave' dwells into an exciting local story about the Nepalese migrant porters with universal scope, centred around an honest and touching friendship. The film is directed by Diwa Shah, the first-ever debut director's Indian film to win the coveted Kutxabank - New Directors Award at the prestigious 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. Produced by Hardhyaan Films (Visvesh Singh Sehrawat) and Sinai Pictures (Thomas Ajay Abraham).Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorLeesa GaziStarsAanon SiddiquaNaimur Rahman AponNaila AzadDipa is fierce, funny, forthright, a divorcee "menace" in a rural town in '90s Bangladesh who defies social stigma and the burden of family honour to live on her own terms.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorDibakar Das RoyStarsSamuel Abiola RobinsonGeetika Vidya OhlyanShantanu AnamMichael Okeke, a Nigerian student living in New Delhi wants to get his MBA and settle in India - but his part-time job gives him a dubious double life in a city notoriously difficult for outsiders.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorSaurav RaiStarsTulsi KhawasAditya KhwasKhagendra LamichhaneA nine-year-old girl embarks on a mystical adventure through the scenic mountains of Darjeeling, India, in search of her beloved pet dog, Tinkle, who has gone missing.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorShahrukhkhan ChavadaStarsBilkish RefaiFahim ShaikhImtiyaz ShaikhAn unemployed Razzak wants to own an auto, and his daughter Ruba craves for a 100-rupee drink she cannot afford. An unexpected move threatens to alter their life.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorSumanth BhatStarsAthish ShettyPrakash ThuminadRoopa VarkadyIt is a poignant journey of eleven-year-old Mithun, as he navigates a challenging path of self-discovery and resilience after a devastating loss shatters his world.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorDominic SangmaStarsHandam R. MarakBalsrame A. SangmaCelestine K. SangmaSince the church foretold that an 80-day apocalyptic darkness would come, a community has lived in constant fear of kidnappers. A ten-year-old youngster who is night blind has never found the village to be more frightful.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorJaishankar AryarStarsSharanamma ChettiChennamma AbbegereShivamma (46) is a mid-day meal cook in a village government school and the sole breadwinner. Her family is in the process of finding a groom for her daughter. Shivamma has her own affair running alongside.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorJayant Digambar SomalkarStarsNandini ChikteTaranath KhiratkarSangita SonekarIt explores the tradition of arranged marriage in rural India, where a girl's marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, Savita, it highlights the patriarchy rooted in society.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorFazil RazakStarsBeena R ChandranM.N. AnithaP P SubramanianGeetha, a solitary play school teacher, grapples with a dire existence. Diagnosed with a life-threatening illnesses, she plots a crime to access medical aid available to jail inmates.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsTandin WangchukTandin PhubzKelsang ChoejayAn American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorFidel DevkotaStarsB. BishowkarmaAnju DeujaBipin KarkiA pick-up truck driver leaves Kathmandu airport for a two-day drive with a delivery to a remote mountain village. On the high road, a solitary figure slowly makes his way, wheeling a small red suitcase toward the same village.Category: South Asia Competition
- DirectorAnand EkarshiStarsVinay ForrtZarin ShihabKalabhavan ShajohnAfter a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorSreejith KaranavarStarsSelwyn D'SilvaRavio Rafus FernandesMilind NabarAn archaeologist unearths an idol of an ancient hunter-gatherer society in interior Goa. The discovery triggers a phantom to roam the marshlands, with an insatiable hunger. In its path lies Carona, a sleepy village of Catholics and Hindus, living on small pleasures of the past. The phantom sets its sight on Ravio, a weary bakery-worker mocked for being 'slow in the head'. On his morning round Ravio gets increasingly lost and desperate, and is ultimately consumed by the phantom. Ravio returns to the village that night, albeit in a vengeful form, leading to dire consequences for the village. Six months later the archaeologist who made the discovery, roams around Carona inquiring about the deaths and disappearances that happened here after his discovery. He tracks Ravio's steps from that fateful day and it leads him to a grove where the reincarnated phantom is resting.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorVarun GroverStarsBodhisattva SharmaSamta SudikshaSheeba ChaddhaSet in the late 1990s, A 17-year old Vivek who is sent away from home to a prep school to prepare for the highly competitive IIT ("the MIT of India") entrance examination.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorShailendra SahuStarsSourabh AnantAvinash GautamGhanshyam LalsaAfter his mom's death, 10-year-old Rinku lives with artist-brother Jiten in Bailadila. Jiten's frustrations strain their relationship. Rinku bonds with Dharmendra, explores and entangled in the life of the town.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorSreemoyee SinghStarsMina Mohammad KhaniAida MohammadkhaniJafar PanahiA passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorShrutismriti ChangkakotiStarsMonuj BorkotokyRanjita BoruahHimbarsha DasJun (17), whose widowed mother works as a maid, When Monikanta's (60) financial dependence on his much-younger wife causes unhappiness in the family, he crosses the river looking for livelihood, only to discover his wife with another man.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorRajesh S. JalaStarsDurga Prasad ChoudharyBhagirathi DeviPuneet SaraswatKabir, a filmmaker, enters the city of Banaras. He starts following Durga, a young cremator; and Amma, who awaits her death in this sacred city to attain Moksha. As the story progresses, hidden realities emerge, real mission unfolds.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorPrasanth VijayStarsAathira RajeevPradeep KumarK.R. AromalAmidst the patriarchal structures and cultural dogmas of Indian society, a teenage girl must navigate her way through the loss of a parent and discover her own path to adulthood in this poignant coming-of-age tale.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorKanchan PantStarsPalvi JaswalManish DimriSonal JhaA girl who was destroyed by the people who loved her. Latika is a nave, cheerful, regular girl, one of billions of girls who have absolutely no exposure to love, to have sex, to keep a male friend before marriage because they are raised to be a 'good girl'. But the same girl is expected to miraculously become a sex goddess overnight when she gets married. People keep making decision for Latika. There is a husband who doesn't want her but would not let her go because it might stain the family's reputation. There is a mother who would not keep her because it will stain her family's reputation. Then there is Mayank, who perhaps loved her but didn't care whether she feels the same. And there is Latika, who is fighting it all in her own way. But would that be enough?Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorHarshad NalawadeStarsSudip BilawarShalini ChouguleAtul DeshmukhIn a town riddled with territorial disputes, a radicalized journalist believes in exposing the atrocities faced by his community. But as the line between his professional and personal life blurs, an inconvenient truth makes him reflect back on a simpler time when he had not yet succumbed to radicalization.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorChhatrapal NinaweStarsJitendra JoshiMilind ShindeJanardan KadamOn the fringes of central India's Maoist-affected jungles, there is a tense interplay between guerrillas, civilians and the police. Caught between conflicting ideologies, they uncover many truths about themselves and the system.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorAvinash PrakashStarsAbdul RafeMithunRithik MohanThree siblings and their dog navigate a turbulent childhood with an abusive father and absent mother, finding solace in each other until their loving grandparents offer a potential lifeline.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorVinay ShuklaStarsRavish KumarSushil BahugunaDeepak ChaubeyHow independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorVinod RawatStarsVinod RawatRajkummar RaoHemant PandeyA struggling Bollywood actor forced to return to his home and face his past, travels through the Himalayan mountains and shares adventures with strangers, unaware of what the journey has in store for him.
Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition) - DirectorJason MotlaghMark OltmannsStarsKhaiber AkbarzadaFaisal HassanGulbuddin MulakhilA young horseman battling to make his name and keep a family tradition alive in the ancient sport of buzkashi learns that fame is a gift and a curse as the Taliban take control of Afghanistan and threaten his life.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorRaghuvir JoshiStarsAntonio AakeelAnula NavlekarHarish PatelIn Sydney, Australia, newlyweds Vir and Nitya have been happily married for a year. Their relationship is tested when Vir uncovers a personal truth.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorAnattaStarsHeinny HtetSet between 2021 and 2022, the film tells the story of an unknown experimental filmmaker from Yangon caught between an obsession to have people experience 'G', an extraordinary emotion.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorKaran TejpalStarsAbhishek BanerjeeShubhamMia MaelzerTwo urbane brothers witness a baby being kidnapped from an impoverished mother at a railway station in rural India. One guided by moral duty, convinces the other to help the mother and join a perilous investigation to find the baby.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorIsabel HergueraStarsMiren ArrietaRanjitha RajeevanManu KhuranaInés sets out on a voyage of discovery around India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorSuman GhoshStarsShardul BharadwajSudipta ChakrabortyFollows the story of a family in Calcutta who collect waste from one of the city's wealthiest localities.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorKanwal SethiStarsSerkan KayaSeyneb SalehAmira DemirkiranIlyas and Yasemin have been lovers for fifteen years. Then something horrific happens. Yasemin is shot dead by strangers in an attack on their café. Ilyas loses his footing when police suspect him.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorAkshay ShahStarsMadhukar ZendeZende follows the 82-year-old retired assistant commissioner of police in Mumbai, Madhukar Zende. The man who nabbed the infamous serial killer, Charles Sobhraj - twice.Category: Focus South Asia (Non-Competition)
- DirectorAmit DuttaA compilation of recent works by acclaimed experimental director Amit Dutta that are amusing and powerful, offering an opportunity for enjoyment and contemplation.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorNabin SubbaStarsDayahang RaiPashupati RaiPrem SubbaMaila, a basket weaver, his wife Maile, and seven-year-old son Bindray live a simple village life in the mountainous region of eastern Nepal. When a road to their village is finally built, they see it as a blessing. Soon, along with the first bus, soda, television, and hip hop beats arrive. But as modern amenities creep in, Maila's life begins to unravel. He's trapped between sticking to tradition at home or going beyond the village to survive.Meanwhile Bindray uses his resourcefulness to get closer to the gifts the the new road brings. Ultimately Maila and Maile must figure out how to continue in a world that is leaving them behind.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorVikramaditya MotwaneArchana PhadkeArya RotheStarsSwanand KirkireIndian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi abruptly proclaimed a "internal emergency" in June 1975, imprisoning her opponents and stifling the media. The largest democracy in the world endured a virtual dictatorship for 21 months.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorNishtha JainStarsMaqsoood AlamBabujaanS.C. ChandraOutside Kolkata a few jute mills crank on, virtually unchanged since the industrial revolution. Powered by steam and sweat, work is a dance to the dictate of profit and century-old machines. The Golden Thread follows the weft and warp of jute work alongside the creative labour of the film's own making. In this near dystopian industrial town can there be a potential for a collective re-imagination?Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorPrasanna VithanageStarsRoshan MathewDarshana RajendranShyam FernandoAn Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsMonwar Hossain DipjolMostofa Sarwar FarookiDolly JohurFarhan and Titi are a director-actor couple living in Dhaka. In a conservative and patriarchal Muslim society, they are criticized for not having children even after 10 years of marriage.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorGurvinder SinghThe film is a portraiture of protest by the farmers of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh on the borders of Delhi from November 2020 to December 2021 against the three new farm laws passed by the Union Government.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanExplores the personal background of Anand Patwardhan's parents and their connections to the key figures in the Indian independence movement.Category: Icons - South Asia
- DirectorAtul SabharwalStarsIshwak SinghKabir BediRahul BoseNew Delhi, 1993, a deaf-mute young man is accused and arrested by the Bureau for being a spy. A sign language expert is brought as an interpreter. As the mystery unfolds, the line between guilt and innocence blurs.Category: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorRajat KapoorStarsVinay PathakKoel PurieNeil BhoopalamAt an anniversary party, Sohrab Handa is found dead, with his throat slit in the hall. As the investigation unravels, friendships are tested and secrets are revealedCategory: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorDevashish MakhijaStarsManoj BajpayeeSandeep ShikharAmrendra SharmaA father is on the run with his little baby girl to escape the ghosts of his past and the forces that want him dead.Category: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsRahul BhatMegha BurmanAamir DalviAn insomniac ex-cop who dwells in different circumstances looking for redemption. The ex-cop, who is presumed dead for a long time, operates secretly for the corrupt system.Category: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorTahira Kashyap KhurranaStarsSakshi TanwarDivya DuttaSaiyami KherMulti-generational ensemble about the modern, middle-class female experience and the lives of urban women, all with the common surname of Sharma.Category: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorWendy BednarzStarsSam AkelMansoor Al-FiliKinda AlloushAfter discovering that her daughter was abandoned to perish in the blistering desert heat on a school bus, an Indian woman residing in the Arabian Gulf sets out on a quest for the truth and justice.Category: Gala Premier South Asia
- DirectorMstyslav ChernovStarsMstyslav ChernovEvgeniy MaloletkaLiudmyla AmelkinaAs the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorEstibaliz Urresola SolagurenStarsSofía OteroPatricia López ArnaizAne GabarainDuring a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorVera EgitoStarsGabriela Carneiro da CunhaIsamara CastilhoJuliana Gerais21 sequence shots depict moments in a defining night of the Battle of Rua Maria Antônia, in October 1968, from the point of view of the students and professors of the Left-wing Student Movement, in the Philosophy Faculty building of USP.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoToni ServilloValerio MastandreaTangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsThomas SchubertPaula BeerLangston UibelA group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorHong-Chi LeeStarsHong-Chi LeePatricia LinQing-Yu ZhengSince his release from prison, Sweet Potato has been content to run a little business with a meager income by the sea, disregarding the advice of others to the contrary.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAmr GamalStarsKhaled HamdanAbeer MohammedSamah AlamraniCenters on Ahmed and Isra'a parents of three children who lost their job due to the country's economic crisis. Isra'a finds out about her fourth pregnancy at this time when they cannot afford to raise one more child.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorWim WendersStarsAnselm KieferDaniel KieferAnton WendersAnselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorJian LiuStarsZijian DongDongyu ZhouXu ChangchuSet in China in the 1990s, takes a look at youth featuring a group of art students.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsAlice CostaKaryna GomesElizabeth PinardThree young sisters are set apart by the eruption of Fogo. But they sing. One day, we will know why we live and why we suffer.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAli AsgariAlireza KhatamiStarsBahram ArkAli AsgariSadaf AsgariOrdinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorThien An PhamStarsLe Phong VuNguyen ThinhVu Ngoc ManhA man returns to his hometown, where he's haunted by past memories and desires.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorMadeleine GavinStarsHyeonseo LeeSung-eun KimSo-yeon LeeThe story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorElene NaverianiStarsEka ChavleishviliTemiko ChichinadzeLia AbuladzeEtero, 48, single in a Georgian village, encounters gossip. She unexpectedly falls for a man, caught between a relationship or independence. She navigates her emotions while grappling with societal norms, searching for happiness.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorIlya PovolotskyStarsMaria LukyanovaGela ChitavaDaro AkimidzeIn Russia, an introverted father and his teenage daughter live on the road in a van that contains their entire life, including the equipment for a travelling cinema: the source of their meager income.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorLina SoualemStarsHiam AbbassUm AliNemat AbbassYears after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorEhsan KhoshbakhtStarsAhmad JorghanianEhsan KhoshbakhtNariman MassoumiThis poetic, dexterous film manifests Ehsan Khoshbakht's intense and multifaceted relationship to cinema, inspiring to reflect on your own trajectories.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsMia WasikowskaKsenia DevriendtLuke BarkerA teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAnaïs DemoustierEdouard BaerJonathan CohenA French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorSimone ScafidiStarsDario ArgentoAsia ArgentoFiore ArgentoA film crew documents horror director Dario Argento as he works on his latest script in a hotel room, revisiting the isolation where he dreamed up his most iconic films, removed from distractions to explore his dark imagination.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorSuzanne RaesStarsAbbie VandiverePieter RoelofsGregor J.M. WeberMuch has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij Vermeer (Close to Vermeer) follows Gregor Weber, a globally renowned Vermeer expert and flamboyant curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In the year before he retires, he works on his big dream: the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Together with Weber, a number of Vermeer enthusiasts and experts go in search of what truly makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. Through new discoveries and by dissecting the work layer by layer, this film brings us closer to the painter to understand the decisions he made and the steps in his oeuvre.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAndres PeyrotStarsOlonigdi ChiariLaida Diaz de PrestanDemetria Prestan DiazThe Kuna indigenous people of the Guna Yala islands of Panama intend to claim a 1975 documentary that portrayed their community, but was not ever shown to them.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorJavier MariscalFernando TruebaStarsJeff GoldblumTony RamosAbel AyalaNew York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorGoran StolevskiStarsSamson SelimMia MustafiDzada SelimDespite never aspiring to be a mother, Dita finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend's two daughters. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorSavanah LeafStarsTia NomoreErika AlexanderKeta PriceAn intimate coming of age story of a pregnant single mother who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorMartín BenchimolStarsAlexa OlivoJustina OlivoJustina has been rewarded by her former employer for her lifelong devotion to her as a maid with a colossal mansion deep in the Argentinian Pampa. The only condition is that she must never sell it.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEthan HawkePedro PascalPedro CasablancAfter twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorBabak JalaliStarsAnaita Wali ZadaGregg TurkingtonJeremy Allen WhiteDonya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorBas DevosStarsStefan GotaLiyo GongTeodor CorbanSet in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorLuna CarmoonStarsTim BowieJames CooperCeara CoveneyThe story follows Maria - a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident Micheal inspires her to revisit her childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorZoljargal PurevdashStarsTaivanbat AlexandarBatmandakh BatchuluunTuguldur BatsaikhanA poor but prideful teenage boy Ulzii determines to win a Physics competition for a scholarship, but his illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside and leaves him with his siblings in the middle of the winter.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsGi Ju-bongKim Min-heeA woman in 40s living at friends home answers briefly, and a man in 70s living alone end up giving longer answers, had visitor for lunch in front of their guests, coincidentally they both added hot pepper paste to their ramyun.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAsmae ElMoudirStarsMohamed El MoudirAsmae ElMoudirZahra JeddaouiA Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorD. SmithStarsDaniella CarterDominique SilverKoko Da DollA raw depiction of the lives of four black trans sex workers as they confront the dichotomy between the black community and themselves.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAnaïs TellenneStarsRaphaël ThiéryEmmanuelle DevosMarie-Christine OrryWith his one-eyed eye, his imposing build and his almost sixty years of age, Raphael knows that he scares people. He lives with his mother in a pavilion located on the vast estate of the manor of which he is the guardian. Since the owners died, he leads a quiet existence. Everything changes the night when the heiress, Garance, returns to the family home.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLéa SeydouxGeorge MacKayGuslagie MalandaIn the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorMartín RejtmanStarsCatalina SaavedraEsteban BigliardiCamila HiraneGustavo, an Argentine yoga instructor living in Chile who recently lost his wife and home while an injury prevents him from continuing with his yoga practice.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorSepideh FarsiStarsMina KavaniHamidreza DjavdanParviz SayyadAfter an Iraqi missile strike, the oil metropolis of Abadan descends into chaos. Fourteen-year-old Omid, who works as a food delivery boy, is searching for his missing brother - and for an escape route out of the besieged city.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsPierre NineyBlanche GardinFrançoise LebrunFollows a man, a director who tries to vanquish his demons, which are oppressing his creativity.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorThomas CailleyStarsRomain DurisPaul KircherAdèle ExarchopoulosAn adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorLadj LyStarsAnta DiawAlexis ManentiAristote LuyindulaA local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.Category: World Cinema
- DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsSam SpruellMark StanleyAlfredo CastroIn Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.Category: World Cinema